Aisha's cushion : religious art, perception, and practice in Islam /
Elias, Jamal J.
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-392) and index.
Prologue : the promise of a meaningful image -- Representation, resemblance and religion -- The icon and the idol -- Iconoclasm, iconophobia and Islam -- Idols, icons and images in Islam -- Beauty, goodness, and wonder -- Alchemy, appearance and essence -- Dreams, visions and the imagination -- Sufism and the metaphysics of resemblance -- Words, pictures and signs -- Legibility, iconicity and monumental writing.
Islam and art.
Islamic art.
Figurative art
Idols and images in art.